Calibration of a Shack-Hartmann sensor for absolute measurements of wavefronts

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作者
Chernyshov, A
Sterr, U
Riehle, F
Helmcke, J
Pfund, J
机构
[1] Phys Tech Bundesanstalt, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
[2] Russian Acad Sci, PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Samara Branch, Samara 443011, Russia
[3] J Pfund Optocraft GmbH, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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10.1364/AO.44.006419
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We demonstrate a method with which to calibrate a Shack-Hartmann sensor for absolute wavefront measurement of collimated laser beams. Nearly perfect spherical wavefronts originating from a singlemode fiber were used as references. After the calibration, the uncertainty of the wavefront was less than lambda/100 peak to valley across a diameter of 6 mm. For example, this method allowed us to balance aberrations and prepare collimated beams with wavefronts that are plane to lambda/500 across 1 mm. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America
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页码:6419 / 6425
页数:7
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